History:
Monty & Julie Oates purchased Camp Cherryfield in 1963. They didn't know what to call the camp at first so they visited Mary Running Wolf in Cherokee. She was the oldest known person who still knew the Cherokee Indian language. The Oates described the area of the camp to her. She said it sounds like a Kahdalea. This means "beautiful valley surrounded by hills". The Oates went with it and so it was to be called Kahdalea